Yes, it’s finally happened. If you’re a die-hard Jacko fan then you may be on your way to Las Vegas where the superstar will be auctioning off his most iconic costumes tomorrow. Items including Jackson’s 1987 Bill Whitten red coat (right), sunglasses and dozens of hats are expected to fetch a tidy sum. All profits received will not go to Jackson but to a storage facility where the Jackson family allegedly failed to pay a bill.
The Plugg has a great post about music hits that never made it but should have made it. It comes complete with samplings and they are, for the most part, very good.
Here’s what they had to say:
Were doing Song of the Week a bit differently this time. I bet everyone has that one song in their record collection that sounds like a top 40 hit, but never really made it to the charts. Were celebrating some of these songs this week, in hopes of kick starting everyones weekend with the tunes that really should have rocked the charts.
The Plugg is a good site, “plugging” music and entertainment that’s both interesting and unique.
Village Voice - I usually skip the ACM Awards because the show is rarely as well-produced as the CMAs and because one three-hour award show dedicated to country music per year is usually enough for me, but I’m still ridiculously amped about the new Miranda Lambert It’s all here
Arizona Daily Star - Texas rabble-rouser Miranda Lambert got word last month that her debut album, “Kerosene,” had sold a million copies. It took a couple of years to go platinum, but it was worth the wait. The album from the “Nashville Star” runner-up was a splendid It’s all here
Winston-Salem Journal - James Miller, who teaches trombone at the N.C. School of the Arts and is a member of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and pianist Allison Gagnon will perform together at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Watson Hall on campus It’s all here
Washington Post - In fact, apart from Miranda Lambert’s CD, the punchy production and easy mix of Southern rock and twang on Wilson’s album are about as close to alternative-country as mainstream Nashville is likely to get. The disc’s only real flaw is that a handful It’s all here
Bluffton News-Banner - 1st-Emily Fiock, SWHS; 2nd-Misty Peery, NHS; 3rd-Janelle Lambert, BHS; and honorable mentions-Sean Brinneman, BHS, ad Shae include Darik Boustaboualoy, Lyndsey Maxwell, Cecily Werling, Nic Collins, Lindsey Dahn, Alex Kohl, Karissa Moore, Miranda It’s all here
Los Angeles, CA: Check out the exclusive Free download of “Life Is Beautiful”, the first single from The Heroin Diaries soundtrack. The Heroin Diaries is the upcoming book by Nikki Sixx, co-founder of Mtley Cre. The Heroin Diaries offers an unflinching look at Sixxs descent into drug addiction with a soundtrack, featuring James Michael and DJ Ashba, to match.
About Heroin Diaries: Set against the frenzied world of heavy metal superstardom, the cofounder of the most legendary rock band of the eightiesMtley Creoffers an unflinching and utterly gripping look at his own descent into drug addiction.
If you’ve never heard Kelly Clarkson, I’ve included a sample here. It’s one of her best, vulnerable yet hard. It’s pure rock and it’s angst at it’s best. Haengbok wrote a video to this song. Check it out if you like Battlestar Galactica.
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